Bye bye. Hello, and welcome to sportsday, im hugh woosencroft. Our main stories this evening. Antonio contes chelsea get back to winning ways in the premier league. But burnley are hot on the heels in full. An end to tyson furys nightmare. The former heavyweight champion is free to return to boxing after a compromise with uk anti doping. And, cooks, cricket and culture. Alastair cook deals with the many question marks around englands ashes tour down under. Hello, good evening. Theres a full round of premier league games this midweek, with some significant results already tonight. Chelsea bounced back in style following that defeat only west ham at the weekend with a comfortable 3 1win away at huddersfield. It was watched by patrick gearey. A wet tuesday night, still a party night in huddersfield. An energy that fuels the football. According to the manager, they are workers, not dreamers. But a moments dozing against chelsea, and you are soon spectators. Helpless as noya ba kayoko but y
Detectives believe it was a targeted attack. Now, all the latest Business News live from singapore. The u turn for uber as it strikes deals with taxi operators in singapore. And the Shopping Mall operator westfield has sold the european giant for 25 billion. Good morning, asia, hello, world. Its a wednesday. Glad you could join us for Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start off with uber and it is backin we start off with uber and it is back in the headlines, this time for forging partnerships they taxi operator in thailand. Lastly, it also close the deal with a company here in singapore. It is a major change for the company. Travis kalanick step down five months ago because of investor pressure and allegations of sexual harassment, and was replaced by a new ceo. The scandal did not and there, last month it was revealed that they had suffered a data breach in 2016, impacting 57 million users. And the Company Continues to lose money, reporting a loss of 1. 5 billion us dollars in
President trump or outgoing Federal Reserve chair, janet yellen . A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Facebook is hitting back at a former executive who has openly criticised the social media giant. Does facebook need to defend itself . Or, do you agree with the executive that says it is ripping society apart. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Its the senate race that has both captivated and appalled america. Now, in a major upset, Democrat Doug Jones has beaten his republican opponent in the deep red state of alabama. It was a narrow win the difference was less than 1 in a state which has reliably voted republican for decades. His beaten opponent, roy moore, was a hugely controversial figure accused of being a bigot and a potential sex offender. Many will also see this as a defeat for President Trump who had strongly backed roy moore. He has so far refused to concede victory to his democrati
Rains across large parts of south asia, including india. More than 500 people have died just in this one indian state. 17 million affected. The former england captain wayne rooney has been charged with drink driving. Hes been released on bail. And a flurry of late goals sees england convincingly beat malta in their world cup qualifier, while there were also good wins for scotland and Northern Ireland. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. No more brits left in the us open, after kyle edmund retired from his third round match with an injury. Good evening. Nine employees, including two managers, at the Security Company gas, have been suspended following allegations detainees were abused at an Immigration Removal Centre near gatwick airport. It follows an investigation by the bbcs Panorama Programme, claiming officers mocked, and assaulted people, and that there was widespread self harm and attempted suicides at the centre, as well as drug use. Gas says its aware of the allegations and
Never mind, theres still a few more to try. Good old yellow pages. We dontjust help with the nasty things in life, like a blocked drain, were there for the nice things too. You do . Oh, thats wonderful er, can you keep it for me . My name . Oh, yes. Itsj r hartley. Hello and welcome to sportsday, im katherine downes. Scotland deliver. They beat lithuania 3 0 in a must win world cup qualifier. A late flurry of goals sees england beat malta 4 0, but there is plenty of room for improvement. And there are no brits left at the us open, after kyle edmund retires injured. Good evening. We start with World Cup Qualifiers for the home nations. Scotland, england and Northern Ireland were all in action tonight. Scotland needed to beat lithuania to keep alive their hopes of reaching the world cup in russia next year, and they rose to the challenge, while england and Northern Ireland also won. James burford reports. Where theres a will, theres a way, and Gordon Strachans sons of scotland certainly